⚠️ Urgent: the Sophia mega solar plant is in a new public consultation — only until 21 October.Object to Sophia →
The Serra da Gardunha is not for sale
They plan to build large-scale solar and wind farms across our region — mega-projects that will ruin our countryside. This is not our opinion: the Government’s own documents make our mountains the most targeted region in the country, with fast-tracked licences and no environmental impact assessment. The consultation has closed — now our tool is the petition in Parliament: 7,500 signatures force a debate in the Assembleia da República.
On the left, the Marateca reservoir (Castelo Branco) as it is today. On the right, the impact simulation with the plants the acceleration zones allow. Drag the handle across the image and compare.
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Right-hand image: impact simulation created by the campaign — not a real photograph.
More campaign images — click to open full size and share:
Simulation: solar fields on the mountainside.
Today vs. tomorrow — simulation seen from the stone-cross viewpoint, with plants on the hillside.
Project land (green) and excluded land near Lardosa — REN study area.
Today vs. tomorrow — campaign share image.
Campaign satire: “Pinhal Sustentável 5.0” — the pine forest replaced by solar panels.
Petition in Parliament
/ 7,500 signatures
Next goal: 7,500 — forces a full debate in Parliament’s plenary.
Sign in 1 minute
How to sign the petition
Create an account. Signing requires your own account. At the top of the petition page in Parliament click «Entrar» → «Registar». Fill in your name, date of birth, ID document, email and a password, accept the terms and click «Registar».
Activate the account by email. Open the message from the Assembleia da República and click the account activation link.
Log in. Go back to the petition page and click «Entrar» with your email and password.
Sign. Click «Assinar» at the top of the page and confirm at «assinar esta petição». ✅ Done — your signature counts toward the 7,500 that force a Plenary debate.
How to object in 2 minutes
Step by step
Create an account on participa.pt. In the top right corner, click “Registo” → choose the “Individual” type → fill in name, email and a password (minimum 12 characters) and click “Registar”.
Activate the account. Go to your email, open the message from Participa and click the activation link.
Log in. Back on participa.pt, click “Entrar” (you can also log in with the Chave Móvel Digital).
Write the contribution. Paste your text — generate your unique contribution with the button below. Each person can only submit one, and a different text from each person counts far more than identical copies.Choose topics for your contribution (optional)0
Pick the concerns that matter most to you (optional) and the contribution will focus on them. If you choose none, it stays general.
Your contribution — unique
Press “Generate” to create a unique, original contribution (written by AI from the facts on this page). Every objection comes out different — and counts for more.
Choose “Discordância” (disagreement). In the “A minha participação” area, paste your contribution into the comment box and, in the “Classificação” (classification) menu — the blue bar at the top of the box — select “Discordância” to make clear you object.
Make it public and submit. Tick the option that authorises the publication of the contribution in the final report and click “Submeter”. ✅ Done.
Share this page. Send it to everyone you know in the Beira Baixa — the more objections, the more weight the no carries.
All the consultation documents, in order of publication, hosted here for easy reading — each with a short summary. The numbers and quotes on this page come from them.
